Recommended tools

Vetted solutions to help your church move forward

Website resources

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Managed WordPress Hosting Packages

Great pricing and service for Managed WordPress hosting. Seriously.

Lots of the bells and whistles you want for your site hosting, including email hosting, CDN, and top-rated customer service.

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SEO-Boosting Image Optimization

Search engines and users alike want faster site speed. Make your life easier by using ShortPixel.

Options include buying by credits or by the month. The credit packages work for most of our clients. If you aren’t sure, we’d be happy to chat and point you in the right direction.

Sermon Series Management

Upload video, audio. Organize media by the speaker or series. Include key scripture verses.

Searchable and shareable for you and your congregation.

Works for podcasting.

And it looks great! This premium WordPress plug-in is easy to use and does it all.

Stock Photography

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Lightstock.com

Christian stock photography that’s not cheesy.

Lightstock can provide you with quality stock photography and all kinds of templates in a pinch.

Great for small budget churches or those with a dedicated designer that needs a little help or inspiration for the next card, brochure, etc.

Affordable credit and subscription packages fit any size budget and ministry team needs.

Dreamstime stock photography

Dreamstime.com

We’ve used Dreamstime for years back at our corporate jobs. As a general, commercial stock photo/video site, you’ll find more general graphics here.

Also great for campaigns where you want to use the same model for consistency and storytelling purposes.

Both free and paid images available.

Paid options include credit packages or monthly subscriptions, depending on volume and frequency.

Graphic Design and video resources

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custom graphic design

Why did you get into ministry?
Was it to…

𝐚) Watch Photoshop Tutorials?
𝐛) Tell the World About Jesus? 

If you answered 𝐁 then it’s time to say, “Bye-bye Photoshop!”

Our friends over at Church Media Squad will make you UNLIMITED CUSTOM GRAPHICS for the next 14 Days. Completely FREE!

Get back to ministry and stop wasting time watching tutorials. Get your FREE trial today!

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Graphic Design + Video

✅ Get a whole team of designers for less than the cost of one staff member.

✅ Stop feeling overwhelmed by your workload.

✅ End the constant hustle.

✅ Ditch the templates and get custom, from-scratch graphics.

✅ Invest more time designing your ministry instead of designing artwork.

✅ Feel proud of the work you present to your boss or pastor.

Get your FREE trial today!

Church Texting & Guest Follow-Up

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Text In Church

Effective, automated guest follow-up tool and planning

With only 1 in 10 guests typically coming back, this program gives busy church leaders with the tools and a plan to follow up CONSISTENTLY and AUTOMATICALLY so they can spend time building relationships.

Their plan takes care of sending out the messages you’ve approved, and allow you to respond should a visitor have a question. Best of both worlds!

BONUS: Using this link, you’ll get an additional 500 messages/year – FOR LIFE!